Mozart Piano Concertos

A third vote for the Askenazy complete set. Lucid performances in very good sound.

I only remember of a soundtrack on a film: Funeral in Berlin (1966) - No. 23.

I attended a concert where Uchida played a Mozart piano concerto (don't remember which one) with the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. Fabulous!

I second Clifford Curzon, he indeed will give you "shivers up the spine". I also second Brendal and Alicia de Larocca. There are many fine performances of Mozart's concertos but none have moved me as Curzon's do, well worth checking out.

I'll add some criticism to the plaudits above:

Haskil - Not lively. Understated to the point of moribund.

Rudolf Serkin (on DG) - Please. Unattractive pianism mars superb accompaniment by Abbado (an underrated Mozart conductor, IMHO).

Brendel - He's always OK but his early set done in the 1960s with Viennese pick-up orchestras has a brio and sparkle that is missing from the later recordings.

For me, the Perahia and (older sound) Casadesus recordings are always the standard.